Ex-Ipswich Town homegrown star Titus Bramble is back at the club as a youth team coach. STUART WATSON spoke to him about an emotional trip to Ghana and how he wants the Blues’ current teenagers not to repeat his mistakes.

Former Ipswich Town and Colchester United footballer David Wright has spoken of his shock at the historical child sex abuse which allegedly took place during his time in the Crewe Alexandra youth academy during the 1980s.

Ipswich Town boss Mick McCarthy says Adam Webster and Leon Best should both return to his squad for Saturday’s Championship home game against QPR, while Brett Pitman is hoping to be back from injury to make the trip to Bristol City the following week.

Ipswich Town academy manager Lee O’Neill admits the stated aim of having half of the first-team squad made up of homegrown players by 2017 was always ‘bold’, but makes no apologies for the club setting their ambitions high.

Ipswich Town boss Mick McCarthy admitted he was left struggling to explain his team’s ‘bad day at the office’ following a 2-0 home defeat to Nottingham Forest in front of the Sky television cameras this tea-time.